It’s still chaotic along the Mississippi–and there appears to be no sign that the clashes will abate–but yesterday Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, penned a letter to Michael Brown’s family for Time.com in which she sought to help them understand their loss through the prism of the current media madness.

Read the whole thing here, but Fulton leaves the best insight for last when she offers up her advice on coming to grips with Brown’s death:

My advice is to surround yourselves with proven and trusted support. Through it all, I never let go of my faith, my family, or my friends. Long after the overwhelming media attention is gone, you will need those three entities to find your ‘new normal.’ Honor your son and his life, not the circumstances of his alleged transgressions. I have always said that Trayvon was not perfect. But no one will ever convince me that my son deserved to be stalked and murdered. No one can convince you that Michael deserved to be executed. [Time]

But she drops the mic a little bit before the above passage with this piece of information:

According to The Children’s Defense Fund, gun violence is the second leading cause of death for children ages 1-19. That is a horrible fact.

Saddens my heart to see these mothers go through it, and the people who have no sympathy for them. One of the comments I was read on NPR was a(pharaphsing) “Maybe the parents should take responsibility for letting a criminal like that out on the street.” I’m an optimist, but seeing stuff like that makes me lose faith, even if it’s just the internet.

I don’t wanna make this into strictly a gun thing, but I really think the government needs to rethink not putting any federal funding in researching gun violence. Research like that has often times helped more than it hurt, so I don’t see the issue. Something just needs to happen, regardless of what it is. The government can’t sit by and watch people lose faith in law enforcement. If people weren’t hip about the militarization of the feds, they are now. I want this to eventually turn into bigger questions and a larger demand for answers.

I have long since admired the mannerTracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton have carried themselves. Calling it beautiful would be an understatement. Always with class and dignity, never giving anyone even the least bit of inkling to damage their names.

A very small, but very, very, very petty part of me wishes some little white kid would commit some tiny transgression and get shot up for it. Just so WE could flood their comments with “How does it feel now?!?”

One more thing: If I was her editor, I would have urged her to address it to future mothers of race based murder victims. It’s going to happen again. Drive that home. That might have made an even greater impact.

Is there a blog or site that ONLY posts up stuff like this happening to black people (stories, footage, interviews etc) around America, even getting anybody to send shit in (pending they give you a statement why to verify they are some what genuine, not just hate)

Not trying to widen the divide but people have to know that Ferguson is happening all over USA